Darfur, Sudan: two men collecting mud from a lake in a volcanic crater; the mud is sold for cooking and medicinal purposes. Photograph by W.H. Greany, 1939.

1939

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 11 x 16.1 cm

Jelal Meidob, Darfur, Sudan, 1939. Lake in crater of extinct volcano. The natives dive for mud which is dried and marketed in the northern Sudan as a cooking soda and as a medicine for indigestion. It is a mixture of carbonates and bicarbonates. In Arabic it is called gardiga. Photograph: Dr. W.H. Greany, SMS Photograph verso bears stamp: "Dr. N.L. Corkhill, March 1947" Lettering attached to sheet on photograph verso

Wellcome Collection 580988i